Device for pulling pipe-sections together.



" .1. 070,931. PATBN'I'ED NOV. 12, 1907.

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DEVICE FOR PULLING PIPB SECTIONS TOGETHER. APPLIOA'HDI nun we. :1. 1m.

T UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

smxsnn'mr ommormn, or TDQLGEYILLE, CALIFORNL l, ASSIGNOR, Br mm A88IGNIENT8, 'ro TALLERDAY usnuno'rrmme comm, or oomnvmur, osurormm, A eonrons'rron'er oamrormm.

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To all when it may eoaea'm.

Be it known that I, Aunnnna Cursonsn, a citizen ot the United States, residing-at Delgaeille, in the county of Les Angeles and State ofiCalilornia; have invented a new and usol'r'rlilloviceior Pulling Pipe-Sec- Liom Together, of which .tlredollewing is a specification.

Objects of this inventien'areztoiiaoilitate the laying of sheet metal pipe; to enable workmen to rapidly and readily force together-the slip: joints.- ot sheet metal pipe without any liabilitypoi denting, crushing, bending or otherwise injuring-said pipe orrtbe coating thereoi, and to provide means for readily applying great power to force said sections of pipe together.

The invention includes a novel clhisp, novel mech anisrn, and novel partsand combination more particularly s'et'iorth in tlie-suhjoined description.

The device is adapted for puliing together elbowaas well as straight sections of pipe, and is designed. to forcibly unito thoepi'pe sections-or other parts to lie-put together,-,and may also be used to pull apart pipeesec tions or other partahsld together by friction.

J The accompanying drawings illustrate the invmtien:

Figure 1 is a broken side elevation of the invention in practihal-usessit appearsjust sitar ithssbssn ap-' plied tmloscihly connect a section of pipe witlia pip) soctiemalresdy eunected'toa pipe line, said p'pe line beingsbown in a ditch. Dotted lines indicate the position.- edparh alter iorcing the pipe sectienatogether. At the. ridit a position of the lever means i one end when the clamp isloosenod is shown in dotted lines. Fig. 2is a plan view of the invention as shuwn in solid linesin Fig. 1. Fig. 3 i a detail showiw the clamp loosened for the purpose 'adiusting the same on the pipesectiontobeset. Fig.4isasect'iononline indi-- cated at Figs. 1, 2 and 3, looking to'theright, showing the lower shoe 0! the'clamp released from the pipe. Fig. is a-p'erspective detail el'one ot the shoes detsched. Fig. i} is a perspective view of one oi the pivot bars detached.

In'a'genersl wayl and 2 designate clampseachprovided with shoes 8, 4, pivotslly connected by lever means 6. v

6 d trunnion pivots on the shoes 8, 4; and

7, hooks on the lever means 5 to detaehably engage the trunniens on one 0! the shoes, said lever means being in the form of an independent arm on each side 01- the clamp iastened by pins 0 to the trunnion pivots of the upper shoe, so that the lever moons 6 are, as it were, permanently connected with the upper shoe, while the lower shoe may be detachedbyunheoking its trunnion pivots from the hooks 7. Suitable lever operating means in the form oi connecting rods 8 are provided for the lever means of each ethsttermratsntc. innate on lsgsst 31.1006. ,lsriatls. more.

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of the clamps; the: mass comprising; our eumecti' n3 rodsrtwmon each side 0! the apparatuspmdnrly se .51; 55 in Fig. 250! thodrawzislg.

9.=d mleverpiveted by piimilm, 10', to the connecting rods-8-,, said pivots beingqnced apart r the loweriendlolnid lever so thatitiimctnnecting' r d 8 are fulcrumediagaimt each othermnssid lever 9; am so is to say, whehtlia lever 9 is moved inthe directil an f the lergearrow. in Fig. 1, each oifthe connecting reds acts asa iulcrumfor the other, asdlthe ends of the lever means. .5 connected .to the com rods 8 I ill be subjecterhtoa strain tending tmdtaw the lever ma of one 'clanipnowanl the lever means of the other Thelever. 9! is provided witliayoke 11, each id f which is provided with a pivot aim-and a pivot 10 The pivotslO aresrranged cosxially o! each other, and th pivots 10"aeealse arranged esasislly of each 0! :her; the connecting rods of one clampare pivoted to th' e coaxial pivots 10', and the connecting rods oi the 0th a la are pivnbsd to the other Mpivets 10.

12 n the handle of the-lover. 1a is t pipe section, and? another pipe sectiu, tohe united at the-ioint l5. l5

describe the use oithe device in the proc s of laying asphalt-coated sections-having Ihsge and small. ends, one fittdwithin the other atflieioints.

The pipe section to lsvsnitod will be lailo'nblocks llinthe trench l7 erdierplacewhere the ipeistobe hid, the ends of the pipehsing say twoinclaaapart, in

v erderto allow thewelkmalte pourkerosesm d'utillate, gssolene, or other inhrnmable liquid intotite hrge end let one section. Such liquid will aiterwudl, loignited inthe pipetoheatfl esaineand thecoatiig The pipe-laying device will first be putin position with its clamps arranged substantially as indicated in Figs land 2, andthentheinflammabbliquidwillbe poured into the larger end of one sediionand After the same has burned siiflioiently to soiten the coating and properly heat the large end clone section; then said end the end to which it is to-be connected are titted together and a quantity oi 'inflammsble liquid will be poured on the outside of the pipe and lighted, and when the coating is softened sufiiciently the lever 9 will be operated to tighten the connections 8, whereupon the lever means will operate to force the shoes 3 and 4 of the two clamp's inopposita directions toward a, common axis, thus causing the clamps to tightly grip the pipe sections and at the same 100 time shortening the distance between said clamps as the one on the loose section together with said section is drawn toward the other clamp. It will be seen that by this means there is no tendency to displace a section of pipe that hai'dnce been fixed, and that the loose section willbe forced toward the other section which may Q mom already be attached to the pipe line. The leverage at all times is very great to draw the shoes iirmlv on to the pipe sections, and the leverage for drawing the pipe sections toward each other increases as the lever 9 is moved for that purpose.

The shoes 3, 4, inay be formed of a strip of sheet metal iii in semicylindrical form surfaced on the inside with s leather or other lacing or lining it) which serves 1 the double purpose of avoiding damage to the pipe or 10 its coating, and also to avoid sticking to the asphalt coating of the pipe. Said scmicylindrical shoe may be suiiicicntiy flexible to readily lit the outside of the pipe, thus to afford a iirm grip without any danger of denting or otherwise injuring the pipe.

Tire shoes may be reinforced at their free ends by bars to which the trunnion pivots ii are iixed, the ends of the sheet metal straps 18 being perforated and bent around the same to form loops 21, the pivots 6 projecting through perforations in said loops.

20 The leather lining 19 and the strap of each shoe are prefembiy fastened together by rivets 22, 23, leaving the ends of the loops free so that the bars 20 are detachable by simply springing the 100 open suiiicicntly to withdraw the pivots 6 from the perforations 24. By this construction one of said pivot bars may serve for the shoes for diiierent sized pipes, it being understood that the lever means, connecting rods, the operating lever, and the pivot bars may be connected by sets oi shoes of various sizes to iit various kinds of pipe,

80 so that all that is necessary for the pipo-isyer in handling diiisrent sisos oi pipe with the some sppamtus, will ,be that sold sppsrstus will be provided with shoes of vsriou's sisos to fit the required dismotor oi the pipe. I

By bending the ends of the loops inwardly, ss shown, 86 the same no tightly clsmpod against the pipe inside the shoe, thus preventing sny'slipping oi the metal strap entire pivot bsrs.

Whst I 'clsim is:-- 1. Two psirs o1 rovsrsoiy-srrnnged shoes. lever means 40 pivotsily connecting the shoes ot-ono pslr, lover mesns pivotsliy connecting the shoes of the other psir, operating mesns i'or one of ssid lover mesns, operating menus for I the other of said love: moons, sad s lovor pivotnily connected with both of said oporsting means, the pivots of said lever being spaced apart to fulcrum ssid operntim means oue'ngsinst the other.

:3. A pair of reverseiy arranged shoes. lever means plv otaiiy mounted on one of said shoes and detachnbiy piv oted to the other of said shoes, means for operating salt icvcr means. another pair of shoes, lever means pivotaii; mounted on one of the shoes of said other pair and do tachrihiy ,pivotcd to tho hther shoe of said other pair means for operating said other isvor means. and a love: pivotally connected with both of ssid cpersting mssns the pivots of said operating means being spaced apar on said lever to-fnlcrllln the one against the other.

it. A pipe clamp comprising a pair oi shoes, such pro; vided with pivots on its opposite sides, and lover mssnl engaging said pivots and connecting said shoes to draw the some in opposite directions toward a common axis.

4. A pair or semicylimlrical shoes, and lover mean! pivotaliy connecting said shoes to draw them in oppoaitt directions toward a common axis.

.5. A pair of semlcylimlrlcai hollow shoes. each provided with pivots on its opposite sides. and lever means connecting the pivots of the two shoes to draw said shoes together toward a common axis.

ii. A pair of semicyiindricni shoes each provided with pivots on its opposite sides. lever means pivoted on the pivots of one of sold shoes and provided with a hook to detnclmliiy engage the pivots ot' the other shoe for-the purpose of drawing the shoes toward a common axis.

7. A pair of semicylindrlcal hollow shoes, each provided with pivots on its opposite sides. lever means connecting the pivots of the two shoes to draw said shoes together toward a common axis, a lever. and connecting rods pivomiiy connecting the lever with said lever means.

8. A shoe for a pipe clamp comprising a flexible sheet metal strap and a leather lining therefor.

ii. A pipe clamp shoe comprising at metal strsp looped at the ends, horn in said loops and proviiisd with pivots projecting through said loops, and lover rnssns connecting ssld pivots.

iii. ,A pipe clamp silos comprising s perforated metsi strap heat to form loops, bars in said loops. ssoh providsd with splvot projecting tllrmiitll s perforation in its loop.

11. A pips chimp shoe. comprising a curved strsp bent at its ends from the outside inward to form loops. sud bars in said loops provided with pivots extending outward through the strsp.

in testimony whereof, I have hereunto set: my hand st ilos Angsios California this 18th dsy of August 1008.

ALX. CLAIBORNE. in presence of- Jnsns B. Towxsnnn, JULIA Tovmsnrin. 

